"Yogvinder Singh" <yogvinder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Scenario here is > 1) installation of Postgres7.3 > 2) creation of database using initdb > 3) creation and population of some tables using a sql script > 4) reboot Postgres 7.3.what? (And is there a particular reason not to be using 7.4 or 8.0?) Are you sure your disk drive isn't lying about write completion? (IDE drives usually do so by default :-() regards, tom lane